Differentiate between educational attainment and educational achievement
What will be an ideal response?
Educational attainment is measured by the number of years of school completed. Educational achievement is the skill level in reading, writing, and mathematics. These two measures are not always correlated. People often are moved through the school system without meeting certain minimum achievement criteria.
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A. rituals B. rites of passage C. beliefs D. civil religion
It has been shown that White flight can lead to __________
A) cheaper airfare during the holidays B) increased funding in urban areas C) the development of better healthcare services in central cities D) increased class and race segregation
Each of the clerical jobs below, with one exception, has been made obsolete by a technological innovation. What is the exception?
a. copyist b. bookkeeping machine operator c. keypunch operator d. computer operator e. stenographer
A majority-minority state is one in which 50% of the resident population identifies as White Only and 50% of the resident population identifies as a racial or ethnic minority.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.